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Faisal Aden signs with SC Rasta Vechta
Faisal Aden (193 cm, Washington State’12) has signed with SC Rasta Vechta, a new entrant into Germany’s BBL for the 2013-14 season. The 24-year-old Somalian-American is coming off a brief stint with Acea Virtus Roma from Italy’s SerieA. He signed with them in February 2013 and was released in April. He played six games, but…
Read MoreBertans joins Grescrap Bilbao
Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao Basket (Spain, ACB) has announced the signing of Latvian shooting guard Dairis Bertans (192 cm) from VEF Riga (Latvia, LBL).The 23-year old will join Bilbao for the 2013/2014 season after the team recently crashed out of the Spanish ACB play-offs to Regal Barcelona. Dairis Bertans has had a busy season with VEF…
Read MoreJon Brockman inks with Chalon
American forward Jon Brockman (201 cm, Washington’09) has signed a deal that will see him play with ES Chalon-sur-Saone (France, ProA). Brockman joins Chalon-Sur-Saone after being released by Limoges (ProA) on Wednesday and will join the team for the French ProA play-offs. The 26-year old featured in 23 games for Limoges this season and averaged…
Read MoreB.A. Walker joins Evreux
B.A. Walker (188 cm, Va Commonwealth’07) will play with French ProB outfit ALM Evreux after leaving Israeli club Hod Hasharon (National League). The American has joined Evreux just in time to help the team in the ProB play-offs. The club is trailing 2-0 to Chalons-Reims in the Semi-Finals series and will hope that Walker can…
Read MoreJoan Plaza to coach Unicaja Malaga
It didn’t take too long for Spaniard Joan Plaza to “come to a decision” regarding his future, after parting ways with B.C. Zalgiris Kaunas from Lithuania. He will be the new head coach of Unicaja Malaga from Spain’s ACB. Plaza is coming in to replace Croatian Jasmin Repesa whose contract was not renewed by the…
Read MoreAJ Slaughter to move to Chalon
AJ Slaughter (191 cm, Western Kentucky’10) is moving to ES Chalon-Sur-Saone from France’s ProA. The 25-year-old received several offers, but in the end decided to accept Chalon’s. Slaughter played the 2012-13 season for Cholet Basket, also from France’s ProA. He played 28 games in French ProA and averaged 13.5 ppg and 3.9 apg. In the…
Read MoreBojan Dubljevic extends with Valencia
Bojan Dubljevic (205 cm) received a contract extension from Valencia Basket from Spain’s ACB. The contract keeps the Montenegrin player with the team until 2016. The 21-year-old is likely being kept for his long-term growth potential as a player and could be a bigger asset to the team down the road. Dubljevic averaged 12.1 ppg…
Read MoreJosh Asselin heads to Puerto Rico
Josh Asselin (210 cm, Michigan’01) has signed with Brujos de Guayama (Puerto Rico, BSN) after recently leaving Assignia Manresa of the Spanish ACB. The power forward has averaged 11.3 points and 3.3 rebounds over 34 games this season in Spain for Manresa. The American also played with Manresa during the 2011/2012 season where he also…
Read MoreIvan Almeida joins Lille
French ProB team Lille Metropole has announced the signing of Ivan Almeida (198 cm, Stonehill’12) for next season. The Cape-Verdean guard has agreed a contract with Lille after recently departing Portuguese team Vitoria SC/M. Guimares (LPB) where he played 24 games throughout the 2012/2013 season and posted averages of 19.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists,…
Read MoreRobert Day to stay with Uberlandia
American forward Robert Day (197 cm, Western Oregon’07) has inked a deal with Unitir/Universo Uberlandia (Brazil, NBB) to stay with the team for the 2013/2014 season. Day has been an instrumental part of Uberlandia’s success this season has helped the team to the NBB finals series where they are currently losing 1-0 against Flamengo. The…
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